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Plastic bottles vs. aluminum cans: who’ll win the global water fight?
LONDON (Reuters) - Global bottled water giants are ramping up trials of easily recyclable aluminum cans to replace plastic that…
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Paris zoo unveils the ‘blob’, an organism with no brain but 720 sexes
A Paris zoo showcased a mysterious new organism on Wednesday, dubbed the "blob", a yellowish unicellular small living being which…
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Death toll rises to three from Philippines earthquake
At least three people were killed and dozens injured when a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck the southern Philippines late on…
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Historic all-female spacewalk set for Friday at International Space Station
U.S. astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir will make history on Friday when they conduct the first ever all-female spacewalk…
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Samoa declares measles epidemic
Samoa’s government has declared the country is facing a measles epidemic after results from samples sent to Australia have confirmed…
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Japan typhoon death toll rises to 66 as hopes for missing fade
KORIYAMA, Japan (Reuters) - The death toll in the worst typhoon to hit Japan for decades climbed to 66 on…
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Scientists endorse mass civil disobedience to force climate action
LONDON (Reuters) - Almost 400 scientists have endorsed a civil disobedience campaign aimed at forcing governments to take rapid action…
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Guterres warns U.N. may not have enough money to pay staff next month
FILE PHOTO: Overview of the United Nations building in Geneva, Switzerland November 29, 2017. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo By Michelle…
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Alexei Leonov, first human to walk in space, dies at 85
Alexei Leonov, who became the first human to walk in space in 1965, died on Friday at the age of…
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Fresh off world record run, Kosgei thinks women can go even faster
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Like any true competitor, Kenya's Brigid Kosgei does not plan to coast on her latest accomplishment --…
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